India jails two leaders of the ‘Cockroach’ youth movement for five days
Two leaders of India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party movement were remanded in custody for five days on Wednesday, Business Recorder reported, as police cracked down on protests against the election commission. Bloomberg said the leaders had been detained on Tuesday after climbing a gate to enter Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, a protest site that authorities had announced would no longer be a designated rally venue, and linked the tension to a contested overhaul of voter rolls. Reuters reported the five-day custody, citing the party.
The case tests how far Indian authorities will go to curb street protest over voter rolls ahead of future elections, and it is a neighbour’s domestic politics that Pakistani readers watch closely.
No direct effect on Pakistan.
The reports describe the custody and the crackdown, not the legal charges. Watch the court hearing at the end of the five days.
DailyDrop Pakistan edition No. 11 · Morning · THU., OCT. 15, 2026